What about Morse code decoders or readers? I myself have no use for them (I can still copy about 55 wpm and my experiences with EME, etc. make me pretty good at pulling signals out of the noise) but
I did the same on the afternoon of 11/4. The room came up "smoking" but I don't care. I don't smoke but smoke doesn't bother me. 73, Zack W9SZ _______________________________________________ CQ-Conte
I had a limited amount of time for this one so I only made 163 QSO's but of those, every station I worked sent his callsign in the exchange at the proper point. I followed the same routine throughout
At about 2230Z on Sunday in Sweepstakes I stumbled across K5TQ calling CQ on 21036 kHz. I called him for several minutes and heard others calling too, and he never answered anyone. He just kept calli
By the way, did any of you hear the HUGE pileup of JA's on a VP9 at the very bottom of the 10 meter band on Sunday afternoon? The JA's were calling in a 5 to 10 kHz wide segment. I was amazed. 73, Za
Although I fit in with the "speed demons" I generally tried to answer others' CQ's at the same speed they were sending. My rig has a built-in keyer with a knob on the front for adjustment of keying s
The station on the other end has no idea he's working someone who is breaking the rules. He makes a QSO and all the correct info is exchanged. As far as he knows it's a valid QSO. He didn't do anythi
Or play in the contest but don't send in a log, or send it in specifically as a check log. 73, Zack W9SZ _______________________________________________ CQ-Contest mailing list CQ-Contest@contesting.
It wasn't in CQWW, but I recall in one year a station showed up in the All-Asia CW contest with the call 4S7AX and proceeded to work a JA pileup for over a half hour. I worked the station mainly beca
This may or may not have worked but maybe it might've been the only thing you could've done to work the K4. Quickly tune around a bit and find a clear frequency nearby if possible. Then as soon as yo
I got to use Elecraft K3's for the first time at the K9CT contest station last weekend. I had no trouble with stations 100 or 200 Hz away except for one station that had horrendous key clicks. I like
I know it's supposed to be a representation of the power you're using, but again, isn't it just a number to be copied correctly by the recipient? If the wrong number was sent, and people copied it co
Only in the P d'A contest can someone win it before the contest is held. He must've used a noncausal filter. "It laughs before you tickle it." 73, Zack W9SZ __________________________________________
Shout it out in Long Hall during the annual Dx Hoggery and Poetry Deprecation Society meeting! Your timing is right - it's April! 73, Zack W9SZ _______________________________________________ CQ-Cont
Some of these reviews look like they predate the changeover to "Dayton Grand." At least, I saw some comments that had to do with things that wouldn't have changed when the hotel changed hands. I'm su
I see several scenarios here. It seems that each has proponents and opponents. There may be more but these seem like the current possibilities: 1. There is a lot of activity using Echolink/IRLP. Thes
There is no RF in the signal path between the operator and the station equipment for most of the stations I know of. Most speakers/headphones are connected from the radio to the operator by wires. Mo
I know someone who used to be a DXer but his wife wanted to move into a community that had restrictions on antennas. In fact, he can't even put up a dipole for listening! He's been trying to figure o
I think the suspected situation was NOT that one person ran one or two remote stations. I think he suspected that one person, sitting in one country and using one station in that country, used anothe
I'm assuming these rules apply to QSO's IN THE CONTEST. If I were using someone else's station signing a different call in a contest and had a personal sked with someone that was not a contest QSO, w